What Influenced Stephen King's Writing

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Stephen King writing about life through fiction
King once answered, “When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'” (King). Stephen King is a known American author. King is one of America’s most intriguing authors and has written some of the most compelling novels in the 20th century. Stephen King has written some twisted pieces of literature during the late 20th century. As a result of several hardships in his early life, these events, arguably give a direct relationship to some of King’s writing. Stephen King’s life has influenced his writing, the parts of his life that applies to his writing is fear, abandonment, and addiction.
While starting off as an English teacher, he started to define him self as a writer and published short stories. Stephen King has roughly published a little over 50 books, also several books under the name Richard Bachman. One of the most known genres he was written was horror, he and an eye for evil, scary, twisted stories. Most of King’s novels
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However, growing up and having no father, he did not realize how much it hurt him and his mother, and how it hurt their everyday lives. “When love leaves the world all hearts are still. Tell them of my love and tell them of my pain and tell them of my hope, which still lives. For this is all I have and all I am and all I ask” (King). King wrote this quote, stating that even when love left him, he still wants people to know that it mentally wounded him, but he still wants people to know that his hope still lives no matter that damage that has occurred. In the novel, Cujo, one of the main themes is troubled marriage, a couple moves to the city, leaving the mother and the son alone. You can see in Stephen’s life that his mother and father had a troubled marriage, do to the fact that the father left and abandoned the family so early on in King’s

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